Laththi (2022) [Hindi Clean]

Laththi (transl. Lathi/baton), also known as Laththi Charge (Lathi/Baton Charge), is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language action thriller film written and directed by A. Vinoth Kumar in his directorial debut and produced by Ramana and Nandha Durairaj of Rana Productions.[3] The film stars Vishal, Sunaina and Prabhu. The film’s music and score is composed by Yuvan Shankar Raja, with cinematography handled by Balasubramaniem and Balakrishna Thota and editing done by N. B. Srikanth.[4]

Muruganandam, a constable and laththi specialist, happens to face the wrath of a notorious gangster and his son. Little did he know that this would put his 10-year-old son’s life in trouble.

This is the second collaboration of Vishal and Sunaina after Samar and Vishal’s first collaboration with Vinoth Kumar. It was shot extensively across Tamil Nadu including Thiruvanmiyur and Chennai and the final schedule in Hyderabad. The film was tentatively titled as Vishal32. On 17 October 2021, the film’s official title was unveiled as Laththi Charge, which was chosen as it would work across multiple languages.[8] At the same time, it was reported that the film will have a pan-Indian release (in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi) and will be released in the month of September although the release date got postponed. Principal photography of the film began on 29 August 2021. The first schedule is taking place on Thiruvanmiyur and was wrapped up on 14 September 2021. The second schedule taking place in Chennai and wrapped up on 13 December 2021.[14][15] The third schedule taking place in Hyderabad. During this phase, Vishal was injured while filming an action sequence in early February 2022, with multiple hairline fractures on one of his hands, and he took a brak from shooting to heal.[16] After recovering, he returned to shooting in March with increased caution exercised during stunts.[17] On 14 May 2022, the crew would begin the dubbing process for the movie.[18] On 15 July 2022, the film was wrapped completed.[19] The post production works of the film began on 7 December 2022.

The film was initially scheduled to be released in theaters on 12 August 2022, but got postponed to 15 September 2022 due to multiple injuries of actor Vishal and heavy visual effects for the fight sequences although the release date was postponed again indefinitely.[5][6] The film was released in theatres on 22 December 2022.